Lug Makes Fitness Fun

Today I wanted to take some time to share a little about how the Lug office is Living Life In Color!

We love our Lug team, and we want our team to be happy and healthy. That's why we're doing our in-office Get Fit Initiative! What's that, you say? It's our friendly little competition that's aimed at getting our team up and active. Here we are, two weeks into the competition, and we've made great strides to stay active. I've already told you about our Friday Yoga Bliss, and now we have Walking Wednesdays, where we take 30 minutes out of the work day to stretch our legs and get outside in the fresh air. Staffers can also do workouts in our office gym or at home or earn points through special events, like our upcoming Zumba class. Each activity is an opportunity to earn points, and the top three scores walk away with a fabulous prize. How cool is that? (I know, right? Pretty cool.)

We're always interested in fun, different ways to stay active. So, tell us, how do you fit fitness in?

Lug Video Contest Spoiler Alert: EVERYBODY WINS!

I just love a good Lug contest, but this time our fearless leaders, Ami and Jason, have really outdone themselves! Why, you ask? Because for this contest EVERYBODY WINS! That's right, EV-ERY-BO-DY. Just submit a short video (30 seconds or less) telling us why you love Lug and how you LIVE LIFE IN COLOR! The more creative, unique, magnificent, marvelous, awe-inspiring the video, the better! Every Lug Nut who submits a video and "likes" Lug on FB will get a $20 Lug gift card, and as if that wasn't awesome enough, you will be entered to win the grand prize, the big kahuna, the mac daddy of all Lug prizes ... drumroll ... a Lug prize pack valued at $500!!!

The Deets:

1. Submit your video to splash@luglife.com by August 7. Remember: 30 seconds or less!

2. Voting takes place throughout the month of August on Facebook, so be sure to tell all your friends to "like" Lug then "like" your video.

3. The grand prize winner will be announced September 1.

Now, go ahead and get your Spielberg on!

The Canadian Tulip Festival Knows How to Live Life in Color!

It's Canadian Tulip Festival time! I just heard about it this morning, but I thought, what a great festival to tell all the Lug Lovers about. I mean, as we all know, the motto here at Lug is LIVE LIVE IN COLOR! This year the theme is "Kaleidoscope—a Celebration of Spring Awakening Through Colour, Culture, and Community." As this write-up says, "This rite of spring and explosion of colour sees the city bloom back to life after a long winter's slumber." How lovely does that sound? If only I lived in Ottowa or were visiting between now and May 23, the last day of the festival. Go here for all the info you need, and if you can't go in person, go here to check out their gallery.

Planning on attending? We'd love to see your pictures! Send them to me at katie@luglife.com, and I'll post them on our Facebook page.

Spring Color Splash

It's the first official week of spring. Do you know the colors of the season? I do! Per the Pantone color trends report, the top 10 fashion colors are Honeysuckle (a toned-down hot pink), Russet (like the potato), Coral Rose (orange but with a bit of pink, like the inside of a papaya), Regatta (bold caribbean blue), Peapod (soft, sea foam green), Blue Curacao (somewhere right in between Regatta and Peapod), Beeswax (straight from the beehive), Lavender (a classic spring shade), Silver Peony (pretty—that's the best word for this soft pink), Silver Cloud (aptly named). I'm loving this season's colors! Blue Curacao is probably my favorite. Or maybe Honeysuckle. Or Silver Cloud. Okay, they're all favorites! Which is exactly why my collection of Lug gear spans the rainbow! What's your favorite color of the season?